Instructional Alignment | Origin: EC102
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Your First Year as a CTE Teacher (Part 2) --> Instructional Alignment
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Planning with flexibility is important. You have to have a plan, but also be flexible to the needs of the students and the questions that are presented in class. An employers does not expect that you will spend your time on social media, but that is the go-to behavior for a students when nothing is planned for the class time.
As a teacher I need to be aware of the state and district standards so that the students are prepared and meet the expectations of the course requirements.
Aligning my curriculum to facilitate employable skills is a MUST in education today.
I'm excited about the teaching possibilities that each of the learning domains offer. This is very important to student engagement which can lead to achievement in CTE and into post secondary learning. Can't wait to get started!
Enforce my 3 roles as model, manager and motivator. Don't be a pal! Encourage daily!
I've learned that a planned corricilum does a lot both the teacher and the students. We can both be comfortable and progress in the material if it is built such that we both have it broken down into parts.
It is important so that all the information can be covered and things won't be missed.
A greater understanding of Bloom's taxonomy. How it is important with internal alignment
Creating lesson plans helps to keep organized and provides structure to what and when you are teaching something to students.
Although I was formerly familiar with program-level alignment, I hadn't given much consideration to course / lesson alignment. I love the emphasis on workplace skills - especially soft skills and employability! SO HUGE!
This course has given me a lot to think on -- I have worked on goals & objectives with individual students, but usually only after they're in trouble in class. I can see where it would be valuable to do this right out of the gate - get their buy in within the first week or two.
This will help me to align my course material to make sure I am meeting curriculum needed for my program and credentialing body for our program.
I liked the rubric with employability skills. Some teachers view these 21st century skills as things that are taught in passing or in discretionary spaces in the classroom, however this module suggests that teachers should teach them explicilty with goals, objectives, outcomes, a rubric with criteria for success, and a method for assessment.
vertical and horizontal alignment.
This material reinforces the concept that know is 40% and Doing is 40%, Yes I said 40% each because the student also needs to know how to corrolate one with the other, for example. One student excels at the hands on but cannot grasp the technical concept of what he is doing and another student dominates the technical concept but doesn't see how to take the data learned and use it to complete a task. Student a can see the task in thier mind and how to manipulate it and student B understands the concept but can't manipulate the task.
I have never really paid much attention to the Bloom's taxonomy, but will now. I agree that it is important to have the lessons planned out. I know I have been guilty of "winging" it and relying on my experience and knowledge to present information. While the information I present was accurate, it maybe was not presented in the most logical order to facilitate the student's learning to the maximum efficiency.
Very important module on lesson plans and employability skills. I plan to re-evaluate my lesson plans and add employability skills to there grade.
I learned about the three domains and how each are important. A student's soft skills are just as important as being able to learn and apply content, the cognitive domain. I had also never seen Bloom's Taxonomy and the pyramid, since my degree is not in teaching. The Bloom pyramid really made me think about how students are able to progress in their learning level of a given concept. I learned that students can be involved in the process of setting objectives. I plan to take the following action steps for my classroom: 1. Assigning 1 pt per class for attendance and being on time. 2. For a given concept, try to include as many levels of the Bloom's Taxonomy pyramid as I can, knowing that remembering and understanding have to be established first. 3. In group work, include the soft skills in their evaluation.
I enjoyed the statement, "Students need to see the value...". I also was grateful to have a refresher on Bloom's Taxonomy and how to write objectives.
I have a greater understanding of how to plan and assess objectives and outcomes within my course and each lesson plan. The “Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs” is a resource I will use often from now on. :)
I learned that the plan in just that a plan. We do not have to strictly adhere to it but it is worthwhile to make. I will start making lesson plans.
